metal detecting for gold

[schoser]

hi everyone... can anyone shed some light on this for me... i want to bring my detector to a gold claim and was wondering what the best mode is to be operating in when looking for nuggets.should i be in VLF frequency with little to no sensitivity and discrimination? or should i almost max out the sensitivity and go with some discrimination? lemme know if you have any suggestions! thanks guys and take care...c

[Hank McMauser]

To test it out on apiece of lead, being very similar in density,conductivity etc. I've heard testing with a small nugget of lead will give you an idea as to how you'd be able to detect gold. Unfortunately mine will not detect a piece of #6 birdshot unless it's nearly touching the coil.so unless I'm in an area with some large nuggets,pretty much useless
Hank

[schoser]

thanks Hank, much appreciated... i actually found a heavy lead weight at a beach yesterday with my machine and it gave a nice signal. if the gold in my region were as big as the weight i found, my machine would have no problen seeing it, so thats good to know. i might try what you said with smaller lead weights to see how little of a piece my machine will see. thanks again!